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They are When we add the –ly suffix there are some spelling
used before them or after certain changes:
verbs like: be, become, feel, look, “-le” changes to “-ly” gentle gently
seem, get, taste, smell. “-y” changes to “-ily” easy easily
She bought a nice dress. “-ic” changes to “-ically” automatic
automatically
Her dress is nice.
“-ue” changes to “-uly” true truly
You look tired.
“-ll” changes to “-lly” full fully
Adverbs qualify the action expressed by the verb.
Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective:
They always walk quickly.
FAST- She is a fast driver – She drives fast
Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –ly to the
HARD- It was a hard exam – She studied hard.
adjective. When the adjective ends in –ly, we use a
LATE- You are late- Peter arrived late.
prepositional phrase instead.
The adverb of the adjective “good” is “well”.
They spoke to me in a friendly way.